Julio Torres is pictured in the film Problemista, which will be screened Wednesday at the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts. Julio Torres directs and stars in Problemista, which will be screened at 7 p.m.

In Spanish, the word problemista can mean a number of things: It can refer to someone who is problematic or a troublemaker to others. In writing his debut film, Problemista, now in theaters worldwide, ...

This month, "Problemista" hit movie theaters. Maybe you have heard of it; maybe you have not. It is the story of Alejandro, a Salvadoran immigrant to the United States who dreams of being a toy ...

A lawyer stares across his desk and gives his client a dire warning. “You have a month to find someone to cosign your visa,” he says. “If you don’t, you have to leave the US.” It’s another bleak day ...

For Julio Torres, the director, writer, and lead actor of “Problemista,” the best way to explain the depths of the U.S. immigration system, bureaucracy, commercialism, the art world, and life paths is ...

Julio Torres is one of the great millennial oddballs. The Saturday Night Live writer and Los Espookys co-creator, writer, and star is a soulful weirdo who pours his singular comedic voice into shows ...

Emily Bernard is a Features Editor and Peer Mentor for Collider who studied History, Playwriting, and English at the University of Scranton. She’s a proud comedy nerd who loves getting into the nitty ...

PROBLEMISTA is a new A24 comedy about an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life. As time runs out on his work visa, Alejandro attempts to get his erratic ...

Writing about A24’s Problemista is what I imagine it must be like to catch a cloud in a jar: fascinating, fun, and so utterly impossible. This film is unpredictable and revelatory and I’m looking at ...

The United States is home to the largest immigrant population in the world, with hundreds of thousands more seeking asylum and citizenship. America would not be what it is today if not for immigration ...

HBO Max may be the home of some beloved mainstream hits — Harry Potter, Sinners, The Hangover — but it’s also a great place to browse if you’re looking for something a bit less conventional.

Julio Torres writes, directs, produces and stars in Problemista (now streaming on Max), a very strange and idiosyncratic and – watch out for this word, which should only be doled out in the most ...